Yummy Books & needing support

August 5, 2008

Hi,

I have been reading the most brilliant books that I wanted to share

with the group. The first is The Joy of Living by Yongey Mingur

Rinpoche. For the first time in my life I finally understand the

concept of 'emptiness' or 'the void' in buddhism. In this book Yongey

descibes in such simple and straightforward language the nature of

the mind, meditation and the the scientific link that proves that we

can change the way the mind operates. Like a previous poster I too

was always put off Buddhism by the 'emptiness' thing, thinking it was

a bit bleak. But he descibes it in an entirely different way.

Emptiness is no more than 'infinite possibility'. or maybe in ACT

terms emptiness is the chess board or the bowl in which we hold all

our concepts. It is vast and unlimited. The book is a great support

in the work of ACT, mindfulness, meditation, Buddhism and the

scientific link - all in simple language. Great.Check out reviews on

amazon.

The other book I have dound to be useful is Leap before you Look by

Arjuna Ardlagh. It is as it says on the cover '72 shortcuts for

getting out of your mind and into the moment'. Load of exercises to

raise awareness and very ACT consistant. Also an intersting website

On another note I am having some keyhole sugery in a few weeks time

and I am scared, scared scared. I am watching the fear peak and rise,

I am watching myself cling onto the cliff face, I am watching myself

conjur up tragic stories - ah the mind! The little tinker! Anyhow,

any ideas how I can approach this - the sugery is in the value of my

health - but there is still a big part of me that wants to avoid. I

am really scared of the general anaethetic. So I am being pushed off

the cliff rather than going willingly - how can I turn that dial up

when it keeps pinging down to zero!

Thanks everyone - I love you!

Simone x

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